winniecooper

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1. Are you a "Bonified" Nurse?

   winniecooper replied to gentlegiver's topic in General Nursing

   At my clinicals site, the students wear all white, CNAs wear a uniform, and nurses wear whatever they want. And who is the worst dressed? The charge nurse. She walks around in beat-up, ill-fitting street clothes with a consultation jacket. And se...

2. Status of LPNs in IL?

   winniecooper replied to winniecooper's topic in Illinois

   Thanks for all the good info. Can you focus on areas while you're going to school and if so, how? All the programs I've seen have a set course list so just wondering how you can focus on areas if you're just in school.

3. Status of LPNs in IL?

   winniecooper replied to winniecooper's topic in Illinois

   Yes, I have seen this all over. For many years I didn't know what I wanted to do, but now my heart is set on nursing. If it's what you really want to do and you've tried other things, then I guess all you can do is pursue it and hope for the best. ...

4. Status of LPNs in IL?

   winniecooper replied to winniecooper's topic in Illinois

   Thank you for the great information. I'm glad they weren't thinking of just doing away with LPN programs because that's all I can really afford right now.

5. Got Med/Surg position!

   winniecooper replied to Jen411's topic in CNA/MA

   i know, right. i see tons and tons of RN postings.

6. PCCTI LPN Program in Chicago

   winniecooper posted a topic in Illinois

   Does anyone know much about the PCCTI LPN program in Chicago? I'd begun looking into but now I see there's a class action lawsuit against them and apparently they don't have good clinical sites. Not sure what's going on there but if anyone has the ...

7. Paying for CNA course

   winniecooper replied to TBMB's topic in CNA/MA

   I also forgot to mention WIA. To apply for WIA you are supposed to be unemployed through no fault of your own and receiving unemployment, but I've heard of so many people getting WIA who were not in that situation. There's usually a WIA office in o...

8. Paying for CNA course

   winniecooper replied to TBMB's topic in CNA/MA

   If you can get into a nursing home that will train you, that's definitely the best option. If your area is like mine, then it will be hard though. I called one place and they said they get about 100 applicants for 20 slots. Also if you have a cred...

9. How regarded is the American Red Cross CNA Program in CT?

   winniecooper replied to Starletta's topic in CNA/MA

   Wow, you guys both have small classes. My classroom has about 30 students, but for clinicals we only have 10 students per instructor. I like having a large class because there's such a variety of students but my teacher is making us do a presentati...

10. Got Med/Surg position!

    winniecooper replied to Jen411's topic in CNA/MA

    Ya, I'm so glad that many nursing schools (at least in IL) are requiring applicants to complete CNA training. Even though they may only do the dirty work for 5 days in clinicals, it's still better than nothing. There are a couple people in my CNA c...

11. cna testing with the red cross in the state of massachusetts

    winniecooper replied to goldenretriever8's topic in CNA/MA

    Hey girl, I'm not from there so I couldn't tell you but have you looked at the candidate guide? It has some sample questions and also a topic list with the percent of questions from each topic. http://bostonredcross.org/pdf/Nurse%20Aide%20Candidate%...

12. Got Med/Surg position!

    winniecooper replied to Jen411's topic in CNA/MA

    Congratulations girl! It's such a bummer that LPNs are losing their status during what I thought was a nursing shortage. I wanted to become an LPN but I'm rethinking it.

13. How regarded is the American Red Cross CNA Program in CT?

    winniecooper replied to Starletta's topic in CNA/MA

    I've heard the Red Cross training is good so I would go for it. Unlike with many careers, in the nursing field the school name is not really all that important. As long as you have received the appropriate certification, that's all a potential empl...

14. Nurses and Lawsuits: How often does it happen?

    winniecooper replied to coogabooga's topic in General Nursing

    Most of the people who sue are like you said, "sue happy." They see court as free lotto tickets with better odds. With patient loads and lack of cooperation from many members of the team (*cough* doctors), it's unavoidable most of the time. You ju...

15. Hosptial, LTC or Agency...

    winniecooper replied to pgray1229's topic in CNA/MA

    I think we're talking about different agencies. Some people are talking about home health agencies and others are talking about hospital and LTC staffing agencies. I didn't know there were CNA staffing agencies either. Guess I'll have to look into...